Both songs have a formulaic sound (in a good way) that progressively builds to sebene, but stays relaxed. Compared to the when both bands starrted - it was all about hard hitting songs and band members singing to their highest ability.

Werrason brother's album. Solola is a genre classic, so there's no debating that - I'm refering to the sebenes itself.

This was literally sound you heard if you went to La Zamba in 1999. When you listen to the albums side-by-side you realize how polished Solola was in comparison. It remains the the Wenge MM album that took the longest to develop with how many times song were recorded.

As I get older, I prefer live recorded albums.

Was Ferre high recording this album? This remains the most high-pitched singing voice I've heard from him

“Didi Kinuani - le sauver de l’humanité” - “ Didi Kinuani the savoir of humanity” - King Kester. This is when i thought the mabanga got way too ridiculous. Money aside, this guy is responsible for a lot of human rights abuses in Angola.

Probably won’t get much attention since the forum’s focus is more 5gen, but thought it was worth sharing. Gloria was for a long time one Viva’s hype man like Djuna Djanana, so I forgot how good of a singer he is.

The acoustic quality is pretty incredible, especially compared to recent releases. Looks like it was recorded at Studio de La Grande Armée, with either Ambroise Mvoundi or “Maestro” Souzy Kasseya à la prise de son.

His name was mentioned on the other thread so got me thinking. He is probably my favorite younger vocalist of BCBG, so it’s unfortunate he’s doesn’t get much air time apart from local concerts being on the 2nd team. The most passionate vocalist

The first two editions had the perfect formula - have all the big bands of the time put out their hardest hitting sebene and make it a compilation album. Wenge Tonya Tonya, Nouvelle Ecrita, Big Stars, Wenge MM, Wenge BCBG, Wenge Aile, Quartier Latin, Quartier Latin Academia, Ponderation 8 & more were featured.

It's still very possible today with the current groups like Gaston Amisi did. Actually, you can put together groups with the street groups of Matonge and put them in the studio.

Bébé Oceane. Probably the best example of "you're hot until you're not". He was in every other generique '01-'03, then he disappeared.

I really think it would shifted the paradigm away from Wenge MM vs Wenge BCBG rivalry at the time, especially with how good Jugement Dernier (1998) was. Son Altesse should've been among big 4gen leaders - he was even signed to JPS.

Had Titanic or Force d’intervention sounded like this album, people would’ve lost their minds. The sebenes are arguably more powerful and unique. The off-beat “lentement” drumming style really sets it apart. The sound still blows me away, waaaay ahead of it’s time. One of the rare albums where you hear every single instrument very audibly. I believe the sound engineer was Jean-Marc Bidaubayle at Studio Marcadet.

This album was recorded with fresh recruits, including the likes of Alvarito Solo "B52", Jeansan Sakoko, Kaddy Bass, and Jordan Kusa (when he was still a vrai chanteur).